Whats an AE86 worth

you can expect to pay anyware from 500-5000 for a hachi-roku, like REN69 said, it'll depend on where you are, and who is buying it. some places there is just no market for them, other places they are worth their weight in gold. what you pay depends on how badly you want one, what you charge depends on how badly you wanna get rid of it. also, i think most people prefer the hatch/liftback version, so you prolly wont get as much off of it, but if you hold out long enough and just don't sell itto the first lowball offer you get, you could prolly haggle it off for around 2-3k. but someone pls correct me if i'm wrong. on another note, when dealing with these type of cars, kbb and edmunds never give you the actual value, they give you the value based on the age, condition, and production of the car, not the actual market value or number of them sold in a given region. because kbb says it's only worth 1000, doesn't mean that't what people are willing to pay. btw, someone please correct me if any of this info is wrong.

Kevs Toy said:

Falfenix, how often do you find clean AE86s, esp. GTS models? Or let me rephrase that, how often do you see one that is for sale close to you. Seems the only area they're plentiful is the land of fruits and nuts, CA. A clean stock AE86 around here will go for at least 4k. Hell, a friend of mine sold his GT-S with some decent amount of rust on it but immaculate interior and some suspension work for close to 4k.

People think paying so much for an old corolla is a lot of money, but so is buying a muscle car. AE86s are becoming collector's items and are practically vintage sports cars now. We've all seen the ridiculous sums people spend at Barret Jackson, so you know there will always be someone who'll spend the $ if the car is really worth it. I mean you could argue with spending 40k on a GTO when its just a 40 some year old Lemans. Get my drift? (pun intended)

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i have owned 3 different GT-S corollas, all AE86 chassis, and i didn't pay more than $500 for each. i also purchased an SR5 in the same chassis for a VERY low price. i refuse to pay over blue book for any vehicle, and if the person won't work with me, then they really don't need to sell the vehicle. it's an old corolla - it's a grocery getter, nothing more. the "initial d tax" doesn't exist in my mind, and i won't let it come into a deal with a seller. i'm too much of a bulldog when purchasing a car - people usually just decide to let me have it just to get rid of me.

now, i love taking advantage of fools who automatically assume the car, because it's clean, is worth $2k or more. i've sold each of my old corollas for more than 3x the purchase price. hell, the SR5 i picked up for a whopping $50(yes, that's fifty dollars...no typo), put a set of inexpensive tires on it, and sold it for $2k. they're just cars, people...they're nothing iconic, and they're truly difficult to drift unless you've had a lot of experience with it.

does this make me a bitch? sure. i wouldn't disagree with anyone who calls me that. just keep in mind, most of those people selling the cars for that much actually know what they're doing, and are doing the same thing i do.